English dictionary

lipping Meaning & Definition

What Does Lipping Mean?

Lipping is used as a verb meaning present participle and gerund of lip. As a noun, it means edging.

To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
(of something inanimate) To touch lightly.
To wash against a surface, lap.
To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
To utter verbally.
To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.

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lipping

lipping (countable and uncountable, plural lippings)